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Axios is reporting that despite denials, DOGE is STILL plotting to cut Social Security phone support in disastrous ways
Last edited Mon Mar 17, 2025, 07:58 PM - Edit history (1)
The article is here:
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/social-security-trump-doge
Please read all of it.
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Context: The memo was sent one day after the agency denied, in a press release, a report it was scrapping its toll-free phone line.
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It was crafted at the request of DOGE staff, says a former Social Security Administration official, who left the agency because of this memo.
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What they're saying: These changes, if implemented, would "cripple field office operations, and they're already badly paralyzed," that former official told Axios, requesting anonymity because they were on a job search and might work in the future with the Social Security Administration.
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A second former official, who recently worked in operations and spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation, said the money it would cost to implement these changes would dwarf any savings that would come from cracking down on identity fraud.
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Context: The memo was sent one day after the agency denied, in a press release, a report it was scrapping its toll-free phone line.
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It was crafted at the request of DOGE staff, says a former Social Security Administration official, who left the agency because of this memo.
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What they're saying: These changes, if implemented, would "cripple field office operations, and they're already badly paralyzed," that former official told Axios, requesting anonymity because they were on a job search and might work in the future with the Social Security Administration.
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A second former official, who recently worked in operations and spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation, said the money it would cost to implement these changes would dwarf any savings that would come from cracking down on identity fraud.
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EDITING to add a direct link to the Popular.Info article by Judd Legum that Axios cites and links to:
https://popular.info/p/exclusive-memo-details-trump-plan
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They're quite confused, it seems. They think OUR money is theirs. 
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